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AcropolisofAthens.gr is a web-based initiative aiming to support the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures in Athens. The Acropolis of Athens represents the symbol of World Heritage (UNESCO). The conceptual restoration of the Acropolis, through the reunification of all of its sculptures in the Acropolis Museum, is currently the ultimate act of art conservation awaiting action.

This website focuses on the Athenian Acropolis (also written 'Akropolis', and referred to as Acropoli or Akropoli in modern Greek). The best known building on the Acropolis is the Parthenon, the most excellent and harmonious ancient Greek temple, built to honour Athena, the patron goddess of the city of Athens. The city is located in Attiki (known as Attica in latin), which is a prefecture of Hellas (Greece). The Parthenon and the whole of the Acropolis of Athens is a major monument not only of Hellenic culture but of World Heritage itself. It symbolises Greek antiquity, the classical period of the Hellenic civilisation, as it was constructed in the ancient times by the ancient Greeks in Athens. The person who instructed the construction of the Acropolis of Athens and the Parthenon was Pericles (also written 'Perikles'), who led the Acropolis construction program in ancient Athens in 5th century BC ('the Golden Age'). Today, the Acropolis is recognised by UNESCO as the definitive monument of World Heritage, emphasising the necessity that the scattered sculptural parts of the Parthenon, wrongly referred to as the Elgin Marbles, after the name of the British ambassador to the Ottoman empire who looted the majority of the Parthenon sculptures shipping them to Britain in the 19th century, must be reunited in Athens. The reunification of the Parthenon sculptures in Athens is imperative for the preservation, honour and cultural integrity of World Heritage as an institution for global unity. The Acropolis Museum, in close physical proximity to the actual monument of the Acropolis, is the state-of-the-art museum where the vast majority of international community wishes to see all the Parthenon and Acropolis sculptures, together again, as one, complete exhibit! Thank you for visiting AcropolisofAthens.gr!

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AcropolisofAthens.gr is a web-based initiative aiming to raise public awareness of the seizure of ancient sculptures from the Parthenon and other buildings of the Athenian Acropolis, and to promote their reunification in the Acropolis Museum in Athens. It is a result of voluntary work; it does not serve as an official political or governmental statement about the aforementioned issue, and does not represent the authors, institutions or owners of the websites to which links are provided. All official logos used in this website represent links that lead to their respective websites, and their use is not intended to state or imply sponsorship, support or endorsement of any kind of this website by the respective organisations.

Text Copyright © Nikolaos Chatziandreou 2004-
(except where other contributing authors are specified).

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